Gas-burner for heating purposes



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J. BURTON.

I `GAS BURNER PoR HEATING PURPOSES. No. 284,814.

Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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J. BURTON.

GAS EUENEE EOE HEATING PURPOSES.

N0. 284,814. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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. JOSEPH BURTON, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.,

SAME PLAGE, AND WILLIAM N. MILSTED, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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AssiGNon To WILLIAM H. Down,l or

GAS-BURNER FOR HEATING PURPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,814, datedSeptember 11, 1883.

Application filed April 7, 1883. (No model.) y

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' Be it known that I, JOSEPH BURTON, of the city and county 'of NewYork, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gas-Burners for Heating Purposes, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates more especially` to burners which have largesurfaces, and from which the gas and air issue through numerousorifices.

The invention consists in the combination, with a gas-heating burnerconsisting of a chamber having great horizontal area and but littlethickness, and one of the horizontal walls of which is perforated, of ahorizontally-extend ing distributer within the chamber,which receivesgas from the supply-pipe, and which is provided around its sides withnumerous perforations, through which gas is delivered in fine jets orstreams against the surface of the thereof. By the use of thisdistributer the gas is expanded as it issues from the supply-pipe, andis then delivered in fine jets or streams into the burner-chamber,whereit is again further expanded.

The invention also consists in a novel construction of thedistributer,whereby the cost of manufacture is lessened.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectionillustrating the application of my invention to a at burner, such asthat described in patent t'o A.W. Morton, No. 238,301, March 1, 1881.Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same through x a: of Figs. 1 and3. Fig. 3 is an inverted planof the upper. part of the burner, showingthe interior of the upper surface and the distributer. Fig. 4 is a planview illustrating my invention as applied to a burner of the kinddescribed in patent to A.W. Morton, No. 220,490, October 14,1879, aportion of the upper part of the burner being broken away to expose thedistributors to view. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section throughthe line y y of Fig 4. Fig. 0 is a longitudinal section illustrating myinvention as applied to a straight or tubular burner.

The burners represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 5o which I will firstdescribe, are of oblong rectangular form, and are shown as having butone inlet, more than one being rendered unnecessary by my distrbuter.

A is the crimped or corrugated lower plate of the burner, and b are thejet-orifices in the same. C is the upper part of the burner, which issecured to the plate A in any appropriate manner-as, for example, byscrew-bolts d.

The upper part, C, is so constructed with a top 6o crown, e, and sideand end walls, f, 'that there will be a free space' or chamber, F,between A and G, for the distribution and diffusion of the gas. G is theinlet-pipe which admits the gas i to the burner. To the under surface ofthe c rown e, at the gas-inlet G, is attached the distributer h. Thisdistributer is of a form somewhat resembling an inverted bridge. It isclosed at the end i, which is opposite to the inlet G, and has numerousnotches, j j, in its up- 7o per edges,whioh form side openingsin itsupper part, close to the crown e, for the gas to pass through and forits distribution against the whole interior of said crown, whence itwill diffuse itself through the chamber F before passing to thejet-orifices, whence it will be delivered in uniform quantity throughoutthe whole face of the burner. As the distributer h is formed, and beforeit is attached to the wall G of the burner, it consists simply of abottomless shell with notched edges.

The burner represented in Figs. 4 and 5 is of double ring form, and hastwo inlets-one, O, for the ring or annular chamber N, and one, O', forthe ring or annular chamber N These two hollow rings or chambers N N arerepresented as composed of a bottom plate, K, and a top plate, L. m mare the jetorifices,which are in the top of the burner, instead of inthe bottom thereof, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Pand P are thedistributers-one for each chamber or ring N N. They are of bridge-likeform, and' curved so as to t within said rings, and in stead of theopenings jjj being in the upper portion of the burner, as in Figs. 1, 2,and 3, the said openings are adjacent or near to the bottom K, in orderthat the gas may be distributed against the whole bottom surface of andthus diffused through the chambers N and N before passing to thejet-orifices m.

In Fig. 6 the burner is composed of a long straight horizontal tube, Q,having the j et-orifices q in its top. R is the gasinlet pipe, whichadmits the gas into Vthe bottom of the chamber of the burner,which isthe interior of the tube Q. Sis the distributer, which is placedopposite the gasinlet. This distributer is somewhat similar to thatrepresented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, being of the form of a bridge coveringthe inlet R, but having its openings or notches j j adjacent or near tothe bottom oi the burner, so that the gas will be distributed over thebottom of the chamber or tube Q, and so diiused uniformly through theentire chamber before it passes to the jet-orifices q.

Instead of the small openings or notches j j in the distributer, theremay be a long, narrow, `longitudinal slit or opening, when, instead ofthe gas passing through said distributer in small streams, it will passthrough in a thin continuous sheet in close contact with the surfaceopposite the issue-oriices.

It may be understood from the'above description and the annexedldrawings that the position of the distributer and its openings j j isin all cases such that the gas entering the chamber o f the burnerthrough numerous orifices or through a very narrow channel or channelsclose to that surface which is opposite to the jetorifices, andtherefore before passing to said j etburner consisting of a chamberhaving great orifices, whether they are in the upper or the lower partof the burner, the gas is thoroughly distributed and diiused through thewhole chamber.

Instead of the openings of the distributer being made in its edges, soas to come absolutely close to that surface of the interior of thechamber of the burner opposite the issue-orifices of the latter, thesaid openings mayjbe made in the sides of the distributer, provided thatthey have such a direction that the gas issuing from them will impingeon the aforesaid surface.

In all for-ms of my invention herein shown and described, theburner-chamber has a large horizontal area, and is of but littlethickness,

and the distributor extends horizontally. The

gas entering the distributer is expanded therein, and in such expandedcondition issues in numerous fine jets or streams into theburnerchamber, where it is still further expanded before it reaches theperforations of the burner.

I am aware that it is not new to close the end of a pipe for supplyinggas to a heating-burner and to perforate the pipe laterally for theescape of gas in to the burner and I am also aware that it is not new toextend the supply-pipe into the central portion of a burner-chamber andto provide it with outlets for delivering gas in opposite directionsagainst the imperforate walls of the burner-chamber. I do not clailneither of the above-described constructions as of my invention.'

Having now described myi11vention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a gas heatingburner consisting of a chamberhaving great horizontal area and but little thickness, and one of thehorizontal walls of which is perforated, of a horizontal]y-extendingdistributor within the chamber, which receives gas from the supply-pipe,and which is provided around its sides with numerous perforations orapertures, through which the gas is delivered in ne jets or streamsagainst that surface of the chamber which is opposite the perforations,substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with a gas heatinghorizontal area and but littlethickness, and one .of the horizontal walls of which is perforated,

edge bearing against said surface with numerous notches, formingapertures for the passage of gas into said chamber, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

JOSEPH BURTON.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNns, ED. L. MORAN.

